NASHVILLE, Tenn. — So much for No. 900. The way Pat Summitt sees it, the pressure's off her for now.

"I've got 100 more to go before I get a lot of attention," the Tennessee coach said after improving her career record to 900-172 with an 80-68 victory over No. 19 Vanderbilt on Thursday night.

Summitt's top-ranked Lady Vols didn't make it easy, falling behind by their biggest deficit this season and failing to lead even once in the first half. They turned a 14-point deficit into a 16-point lead and gave Summitt's mother, brothers, extended family, friends and college buddies reason to celebrate.

"Somebody probably robbed Ashland City ... I think everybody was up here," Summitt said of her hometown.

"When you have people you can share this with — family and extended family — it really means an awful lot."

No governors were on hand with cake like former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean was for No. 600 in 1996, and she wasn't on her home court where No. 800 brought balloons, flowers and fireworks in January 2003.

But with a crowd of 13,127 dressed largely in orange, fans did serenade her with a chant of "9-0-0" in the final minute.

"No one in the whole word except the 10 of us that are left can say they've played for a coach who's won 900 games," sophomore Nicky Anosike said. "I'm just happy to be a part of it."

Vanderbilt coach Melanie Balcomb, in her 13th season as a head coach, could only compliment Summitt.

"It's people like her why you grow up wanting to be a coach and get to this level," Balcomb said.

Shanna Zolman led five Lady Vols in double figures with 16 points, and Tennessee (18-0, 4-0 Southeastern Conference) won its 10th straight in this series. Alexis Hornbuckle had 15 points with Parker adding 14. Sidney Spencer and Anosike each had 10. The Lady Vols outshot Vandy 54 percent (31-of-56) to 46 percent (27-of-58).

Vanderbilt (13-5, 2-2) looked ready to get its first victory against the Lady Vols since Feb. 2, 2002. But the Commodores couldn't stop Tennessee from turning their turnovers into 25 points.

Caroline Williams led Vanderbilt with 21 points, including 5-of-8 from 3-point range. Dee Davis added 20 points.

The Lady Vols trailed 33-19 in the first half, and 37-32 at halftime for only the second time this season. They didn't take their first lead until 45-44 with 14:53 left on a pair of fast-break layups by Hornbuckle coming off a block by Parker, then a steal by Anosike.

"We were on defense, and I heard defense so loud it was like a home game," Summitt said. "I can't believe they're yelling defense, so obviously they feel the way I do about the weakness of our team right now."

Vanderbilt last led 50-49 on a 3-pointer by Cherish Stringfield. Then Tennessee scored 19 of the next 21 points in taking its biggest lead at 68-52 with 5:47 to go on a pair of Anosike free throws.

Tennessee struggled with Zolman missing her first five shots, and Hornbuckle played only seven minutes after picking up her third foul in the first half. She played the entire second half.

Vanderbilt tried to muster some mojo before tipoff by showing highlights from the football team's 28-24 victory last November over Tennessee — the school's first in the rivalry since 1982.

It didn't help, and Summitt walked off the court waving and giving a thumb's-up to the fans cheering her latest milestone.